An example of a metacrawler is Dogpile. It is a search engine that fetches results from various search engines, directories, and databases to provide users with a comprehensive list of search results.
MetaCrawler is essentially a search engine of search engines. It does not directly search the internet but rather compiles data from other leading search data and displays it to the user.
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* Google * Dogpile * Yahoo * Ask.com * Hotbot * Webcrawler * Metacrawler * MSN/Live Search * Excite * Info.com
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Yes and no. A site can go down for many reasons, but before it does it is likely that a bot has crawled and archived the site for a search service such as Google, Bing, Metacrawler, and so on.
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MetaCrawler is a metasearch engine that aggregates results from multiple search engines, providing users with a comprehensive set of search results from various sources. It allows users to input queries and retrieves data from platforms like Google, Bing, and Yahoo, among others. By combining results, MetaCrawler aims to enhance the search experience and improve the chances of finding relevant information. It is particularly useful for users looking for a broad perspective on search results without having to visit multiple search engines individually.
Metasearch engine is a web tool that sends user requests to various search engines and feeds varieties of results. Examples are: Mamma, Dog Pile, and Metacrawler.
Clusty, Dogpile, Excite and WebCrawler.
A metasearch engine is designed to search across multiple individual search engines simultaneously. Instead of maintaining its own database, it aggregates results from various search engines, providing users with a comprehensive list of results from different sources. Examples of metasearch engines include Dogpile and MetaCrawler. These engines help users save time by consolidating search results into one interface.
Different search engines may be better for different tasks.Google is currently the best all-round search engine.Other notable competitors include:Baidu (particularly in Asia)YahooAskBingSearch sites for specific tasks:For Questions/Answers:Wiki AnswersYahoo AnswersFor specific files:FileWatcherNotes: Many search engines actually are 'customized searches', and rely on a different search engine to do the actual searching. Example: AOL uses Google search. These 'customized searches' have not been included in these lists.Also, search engines, which simply compile results from other search engines, (eg Dogpile, Metacrawler) are not included in this list.